Truss.



N0. 812,031. PATENTED FEB. 6, 1906.

G. M. FARLEIGH.

TRUSS. APPLICATION FILED APR.27,1906

wilnmaea Wd/Z UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE M. FARLEIGH, OF ROSSLAND, CANADA, ASSIGNOR TO U. E. HEARD, OF VICTORIA, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA.

TRUSS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 6, 1906.

Application filed April27, 1905. Serial N0. 25 7,791.

To all lull/0711, it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE M. FARLEIGH, a subject of the King of Great Britain,residing at Rossland, Province of British Columbia, Dominion of Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Trusses, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in trusses; and it has for its objects, among others, to provide an improved hernia support or appliance which shall give the reatest comfort to the wearer and which shall not change its contour under the varying positions assumed by the body.

A further object is to so construct the rod as to absolutely prevent a movement of the pad along the rod and providing means for preventing pivotal movement upon the rod as an axis when desired.

The pad is of novel construction, being mounted on its support for pivotal movement and a spring being provided for normally holding it against such movement. The rod is made of compressed metal not tempered by heat, generally brass, of sufficient bulk to not allow of changing shape or mold of body by knocking and coming in contact with any hard substance. They are shaped only on a mandrel or analogous device and not by the hands. The curves in front are made as the measurement of the patient requires. This measurement is taken from the center of the pelvis-bone (a given point) to the seat of the hernia and the same measure ment from the center of the appliance taken. The curves are then made one over the rupture and for three purposesfirst, to throw the pad onto the affected part; second, to clear the hips from friction, and, third, to give the pad a perfectly straight position toward the body, and as the pad cannot be placed anywhere else on the rod as it is being curved with the body it will make the posi tion of the pad at the proper angle. The central curve is a combination of two curves first out to counteract the one going over the rupture and which is inwardly toward the body and the other downwardly (over the same central point) to give it the requisite angle up over the hips to give a better set to the body.

The pad is constructed to not open the canal by being oval-shaped and of novel construction. The center, which is of some hard substance, scarcely protrudes farther than the soft edge, which forms a hollow circle, and the plate on the pad serves a double function-to hold the spring and to prevent the soft edge from retreating by pressure on the body, it remaining parallel on the surface with the hard center. All measurements taken must be two inches less than the full in order to allow of space for the spinal column, but to approach as closely as possible when pressure is applied thereto.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will hereinafter appear and the novel features thereof will be specifically defined by the appended claim.

The invention is capable of embodiment in a variety of forms, some of which are herein shown.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, which, with the nuqnerals of reference marked thereon, form a part of this specification, and in which Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the application of the invention. Fig. 2 is an enlarged erspective view of the truss ready to be app ied to the body of the patient. Fig. 3 is a cross-section taken on the lined 4 of Fig. 2.

Like characters of reference indicate like parts throughout the different views.

In carrying out my invention I take a rod of any suitable material, preferably brass, and of the requisite length and then bend it substantially at the center to form the curve 2 and then again to form the curve 3, which is outward, to bring the rod inward to fit the body, and then again to form the curve 4, which is also near the center, but downward, so as to bring the rod upward over the hips.

The rod 1 is preferably of compressed metal not tempered by heat and of sufficient bulk to retain its shape when once properlyformed and not change its shape after it is applied to the body.- The back-pads 6 are secured upon the rod by suitable means, as the screws 7.

8 is the hernia-pad. It comprises a hard center 9 with rounded outer or acting face, as seen best in Fig.3, a soft coverin' 10, which passes around the center 9 an incloses the annular elastic or yielding material 11, which also surrounds the center 9 and which is doubled upon itself at the acting face of the pad, as seen at 12, to form a roll,

as it were, and a plate 13, secured to the outer face of the center in any suitable manner, as by screws 14, and then over all is placed a covering of any suitable material, as chamois, which is retained in position in any suitable manner, as by gathering and securing by a cord or the like passed through openings 16 in the gathered portions 17.

The pad is carried by a stem 18, which is held therein in any suitable manner, as by being passed through the plate and headed, the other end of the stem being held rigidly in a block 19, which has an aperture for the reception of the rod 1 and an opening at right angles to such aperture, which is threaded to receive a set-screw 20, which is designed to secure the block firmly in position on the rod.

A spring 21 is placed around the stern between the inner face of the block and the plate 13, with its ends attached to the stem and plate or to the block and plate, so as to tend to normally hold the pad in its proper position and to return it to such position after being moved by a movement of the body or by contact of the pad with anything.

The mode of application is seen in Fig. 1. When the pad is once in position on the rod, it cannot move along the rod by reason of the rod being bent sharply away from the block or connector, the set-screw 20 being unnecessary for this purpose and being provided solely for the purpose of securely affixing the block on the rod to prevent pivotal move-' ment of the block on the rod.

From the above it will be evident that I have devised a novel form of hernia support or appliance, and while the structural embodiment of my invention as herein disclosed is what I at the present time consider the preferable it is evident that changes, variations, and modifications may be resorted to without departing from the spirit of the in-. vention or sacrificing any of its advantages, and I therefore do not wish to be restricted to such details, but reserve the right to make such changes, variations, and modifications as come properly within the scope of the protection prayed.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new is In a truss, a pad comprising a hard center, a yielding ring surrounding the same, a covering for said center and ring passed around the center and ring and interposed between the two and doubled upon itself at the acting face of the pad, and a soft covering over said ring and covering, all substantially as shown and described.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE M. FARLEIGH.

Witnesses:

HENRY AUeUsTUs ALLISON, WILLIAM PEALLOWE TAYLOR. 

